It is as a Bride the church exists on earth, and if no festive smiles are awakened by its presence, and no gracious unsealing of the founts of love in human hearts, then is it not Christ's Church, for He has passed elsewhere with another company to the marriage-feast, and His Church stands without, before a barred and darkened door.
"The Empire of Love"
W. J. Dawson
He had partaken of his customary midday meal, flavoured the repast by unsealing a jar of matured wine, consumed a little fruit, a few sweetmeats and half a dozen cups of unapproachable tea, and then retired to an inner chamber to contemplate philosophically from the reposeful attitude of a reclining couch.
"Kai Lung's Golden Hours"
Ernest Bramah Commentator: Hilaire Belloc
A finger, as it were, had come out of the night and touched his brain, unsealing the wells and letting in light upon things undreamt of.
"The Ship of Stars"
Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch